I’m missing out on the fun here! 73, Charles - 5H3DX

Hongera bwana! (Congratulations, sir!) Have fun. Such a cool little radio. 72, Charles - 5H3DX NK8O

It’s Q1. If you remove it and the receiver comes to life, you’ve found the problem. Don’t transmit without it but I had two Hilltoppers with this problem. It might have something to do with the charac

Jim, I notice no one has responded to your message. Dead, as in no receive? Dead as in no transmit? I had a problem with two of the Hilltoppers I built with the BS-170 that switches T/R not switching

No problem Johnny. I’m just never sure if I don’t hear NCS or no one is there. 72, Chas - NK8O

I didn’t hear anyone calling for net control on 80 meters, so I eventually called it. QNI: WA0ITP - Terry, IA WN0WWY - Dale, KS N4MJ - Glenn, TN NK8O - Chas, KS NCS Sorry for the late report. I was bu

Mine is somewhere around 3 watts dead key as well. 72, Chas - NK8O

Thanks for the information Bob. I have heard a lot of activity on 75m AM because I often just turn on the radio when I'm in the shack. I'll have to pull out the Hardrock 50 if I really want to be hear

I have the Hilltopper 40 out for 40 meters tonight but I suspect it will be quite long. The bands have been pretty exceptional today - I picked up several 10 DX stations, and had a little rag chew wit

I called for about 10 minutes but nothing heard. There are some adjacent SSB stations below and other AM stations above. I wonder how we will do on CW net tonight? Band could be long. We shall see. 72

If anyone wants to try out their Nouveau 75 I will be listening at or around 3875 kHz at 1900 Central time (0100 UTC). Short notice but let’s give it a try. 72, Chas - NK8O

Yes, Fernan, that is exactly what it means. Depending on the time of day and the ionospheric conditions, 40 meters can be short - conducive to hops ranging from a few miles to a few hundred miles, or

Speaking of the N-75, I thought I might like to build another, but I see sales are “suspended.” Is there a timeline for rescinding the suspension? 73, Chas - NK8O

Curt, I never set my Murania up in the stock format, but rather did the mod to make it into a regenerative receiver. I don’t find the volume room filling that way, but with the radio nearby it has ade

I haven’t checked/noticed any heating with my Nouveau 75. Would you advise this as a routine mod? 73, Charles - NK8O

That seems to be about what mine puts out, but it made a perfectly fine AM contact with it the other day with it. Remember, that’s less than 3 dB down from the advertised level and it doesn’t make tha

I was worried that my Nouveau 75 was not putting out enough power because it only showed about 3 watts of carrier on my scope. But I finally picked up the mic today and jumped into the end of a QSO an

Have you done any transmitting? Maybe we should set up a net to see if we can make any contacts. 73, Charles - NK8O

Has anyone measured the sensitivity of the Nouveau 75 receiver? I do not have precision measuring equipment but I have an Elecraft signal generator that gives me 0 dBm, -33 dBm, -77 dBm and -107 dBm.

I heard Chas W2SH as well from KS, but nothing from Terry. 80m was much better, despite the noise. 72, Chas - NK8O